CHAMBERSBURG, Pa.--Sophomore Jamie Gardner pitched a pair of complete game shutouts, fanning 24 batters and scattering just seven hits over 14 innings, to propel the Hood College softball team to the championship game of the Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference tournament.

The top-seeded Blazers (13-19) will battle either Wilson College or Mary Baldwin College in the championship game Sunday at noon in Chambersburg. The winner of the four-team tournament earns an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.

After a scoreless first inning against Wells in the opener, the Blazers threatened in the bottom of the second when they loaded the bases. Jess Krietz doubled with one out but was picked off at second. Stephanie Gardner then reached on a Wells fielding error, Jen Guyer singled and Ashley Lenhart walked to load the bases with two outs. But leadoff hitter Sara Wastler grounded out to second to end the threat.

Hood got on the board in the bottom of the third on a two-run single by Krietz which scored Chrissy Harvey and Kara Robert. The Blazers tacked on two more runs in the fourth as a result of a critical fielding error by the leftfielder.

Gardner retired 12 of the first 13 batters she faced before Bethany Cereo singled to lead off the fifth for Wells' first basehit of the contest. But she got Kayleen Wilkinson to ground into a double play and she struck out Alaire Alghali for the final out of the inning. Hood capped the scoring in the bottom of the sixth when Wastler drove in Katherine Law who led off the inning with a single.

Gardner allowed just two hits and struck out 12 batters en route to her fourth shutout of the spring. The Express were plagued by seven miscues in the field.

In the semifinal game against the host Phoenix, Gardner continued her dominance in the circle, striking out 12 hitters for the second straight game and surrendering just five hits.

Hood took a 1-0 lead on an RBI-single by Robert which plated Wastler. The Blazers then broke the game wide open in the bottom of the fourth despite collecting just one basehit. Wilson committed three errors in the frame which led to four Blazer runs, giving Hood a 5-0 lead.

Krietz scored Hood's sixth run of the ballgame on an RBI-groundout by Gardner in the fifth. Then in the sixth, Tamara Maggard took one for the team and was hit by a Cheryl Taylor pitch with the bases loaded which brought around Robert to round out the scoring for Hood.

Mary Baldwin and Wilson will square off in an elimination game at 10 a.m. Sunday. The winner will face Hood for the championship at noon.